Category: Exhibition – Archived

Jason Wilsher-Mills – Unexpected Engagement

16 June to 6 October 2018 Jason Wilsher-Mills’ life-affirming artworks are a direct response to his experiences as a disabled artist, and the challenges this represents. Colourful and ingenious, in recent years Jason has come to truly embrace the possibilities…

Grayson Perry – The Vanity of Small Differences

7 July to 9 September 2018 Inspired by the 18th century painter William Hogarth’s moral tale, A Rake’s Progress, Grayson Perry’s tapestries follow the life of a fictional character called Tim Rakewell, as he develops from infancy through his teenage…

16 June to 29 September – Origami Open!

Origami artists, paper folders and enthusiasts, artists, designers, creative practitioners and anyone excited about creating artworks and objects from folded paper, have been invited to submit works for a new exhibition at 20-21 this summer. Coinciding with our high-profile exhibitions…

Michael Shaw: Sculpting Architecture

28 April to 23 June 2018 Michael Shaw’s sculpture is original, dynamic and fun, and for his next project the artist has created a massive, inflatable sculpture to inhabit 20-21’s gallery. Shaped by the church’s walls, high ceiling and pillars,…

Murray Ballard: The Prospect of Immortality

31 March to 9 June 2018 The result of ten year’s unprecedented access and international investigation, Murray Ballard offers an amazing photographic insight into the practice of cryonics: the process of freezing a human body after death in the hope…

Lee Coleman – Reprise

17 March to 14 April 2018 It’s been ten years since ‘Mr Faceless’ – artist Lee Coleman’s blank-faced character – made his first appearance at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre. Since then Coleman has gone from strength to strength, and crowds…

BBC Civilisations Festival: Treasured Belongings

Saturday 10 March 2018 As part of the BBC Civilisations Festival, North Lincolnshire Cultural Services and North Lincolnshire Libraries present Treasured Belongings, a two day ‘pop-up’ exhibition and event at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre. Through a series of encounters with…

General Practice: YellowBelly

27 January to 3 March 2018 YellowBelly is a group exhibition of contemporary artists, curated by Lincoln-based arts collective General Practice. For their commission at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, the group has invited artists from around the UK with ties…

Hotel Drawings

13 January to 24 March 2018 Inspired by the nomadic German artist Martin Kippenberger’s well known Hotel Drawings, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre put out an open invitation for artists to send artworks on branded hotel note paper, or small works…

Naseem Darbey: We are Saved by Loss

3 February to 21 April 2018 The universal human concepts of life, loss, and hope are explored in Naseem Darbey‘s exhibition, We Are Saved By Loss. Darbey engages with challenging topics through references to science, art and philosophy, and highlights…